Comments on: Biggest ever engineering report calls for action on skills in schools https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/biggest-ever-engineering-report-calls-action-skills-schools-2017-04/ Electronics Design & Components Tech News Wed, 26 Apr 2017 11:14:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/wp-content/themes/ew/images/logo.gif Electronics Weekly https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/biggest-ever-engineering-report-calls-action-skills-schools-2017-04/ 125 75 Electronics Design & Components Tech News By: Dale Smith https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/biggest-ever-engineering-report-calls-action-skills-schools-2017-04/#comment-955516 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 11:14:57 +0000 http://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=498668#comment-955516 As a teacher of Computing/Computer Science GCSE, I can say the inclusion of D and T in the English Baccalaureate will do little for the uptake of the subject. Computer Science is already in the EBacc but is still not considered an option by many schools due to it rigour. The University of Roehampton outlined this in it’s Annual report showing only 28% of schools entered students for the GCSE in Computing. Unless a subject becomes part of the core national curriculum it will continue to be overlooked by school leaders.

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